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KNOXVILLE JEWISH ALLIANCE, INC. PRESENTS February 2020 Deli Day at the J (Annual Campaign Kickoff) IN THIS ISSUE KJA Ha’Kol KJA Campaign Kickoff..................2 KJA Family Bowlling……..…........3 Passover Greetings……………....3 Art Gallery Exhibit……..................4 MCDC Registration.......................5 Temple Beth El Times Rabbi’s Message....……....…….10 President’s Remarks.........……..11 Leap Into Trivia!……..................11 Religious School News...............12 “Pour-em” Wine & Cheese Social….13 Contributions…..…….…….…….17 Let’s kick off our KJA Annual Campaign with some delicious kosher deli sandwiches, potato chips, Heska Amuna HaShofar a kosher dill pickle, and soda on Sunday, February 23! Rabbi’s Remarks………….….....18 Place your orders in advance and make your annual President’s Remarks……….…...19 pledge online or at pick up. Women’s League…..............…..20 Religious School News.………...21 We will have a variety of sandwiches for your selection, Lights & L’Chaim...……….….22-23 accompanied by potato chips, a kosher dill pickle, and a soda. All orders will be ready for pickup in the AJCC Caller Auditorium (Gym), 6800 Deane Hill Drive, on Sunday, Community News February 23, between noon and 2 p.m. KJCFF……………………..…..…25 Jewish Congregation/OR….….26 Order your meal today: https://events.idonate.com/kjadeliday Chabad of Knoxville…..........…28 Hadassah Highlights…........….30 Knoxville Jewish Day School..34 Community Calendar………....….7 Happenings………...…...…...….8-9 6800 Deane Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37919 865.690.6343 www.jewishknoxville.org Knoxville Jewish Alliance Ha’Ha’Kol Kol 2020 KJA Campaign Kicks Off! February 2020 By Chip Rayman, KJA President KJA Ha’Kol This is a heck of a way to kick off our Knoxville Jewish Alliance Annual Fund Raising Campaign. KJA Campaign Kickoff................2 Hate and Anti-Semitism have been with the Jewish people since early in our history. KJA Family Bowlling…..….........3 There have been at least 10 incidents in New York/New Jersey, where the Jewish Passover Greetings…………......3 population is significant. There have been eight much less severe, but nonetheless troubling incidents in our Art Gallery Exhibit……................4 small Jewish community in Knoxville. MCDC Registration.....................5 Hitler flyers Kosher Tax flyers A local high school student creating a swastika using Legos A biased anti-Israel program “Strength Through Hate” with a swastika imposed over a Star of David on The Rock “Kill Jews” on The Rock “Jews Did 9/11, Israelis Dancing” on The Rock An avowed neo-Nazi speaker at UT Your Knoxville Jewish Alliance fights hate and anti-Semitism in Knoxville. We try to be present when there is a perceived event. We work with the interfaith community to foster better relations. We are on a first name basis with the FBI and City of Knoxville Police. Collaborating with Lamar Advertising we started a Knoxville Against Hate campaign. We are sponsoring a billboard that rotates throughout the Knoxville area. We received a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation to support these efforts. Our Hillel at UTK met with Chancellor Donde Plowman after the “Jews Did 9/11, Israelis Dancing” appeared on The Rock. She immediately condemned the message and implemented 24 hour video streaming of The Rock. We came together as a Jewish community to receive a $100,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Homeland Security to enhance security at our buildings with the Knoxville Jewish Alliance. My personal declaration: We are not going anywhere. M Elie Wiesel said silence encourages the tormenter not the tormented. Most So, we are not going to be silent C Fun We are experiencing a golden age in America for Jews D Under America will not become Germany in 1938 the Sun We will not march to the gas chambers C Israel will defend itself, even if it must act preemptively We will not have a second Holocaust We must come together and fight the hate together as a community Your support helps us do that If, for no other reason, that is your reason to make your gift to the Knoxville Jewish Alliance Annual Campaign Looking forward to Start out the New Year with your donation. MCDC 2020? Your President, Chip Rayman See page 5 for 2020 registration info! 6800 Deane Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37919 865.690.6343 www.jewishknoxville.org Knoxville Jewish Alliance Ha’Kol February 2020 3 Come and Enjoy Bowling with the KJA! Sunday, February 9 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Strike & Spare Family Bowl 213 Hayfield Rd, Knoxville, 37922 Enjoy an afternoon of bowling with other Jewish families in our community! The Knoxville Jewish Alliance will provide pizza and soda. All guests pay for their bowling games and shoes! Let us know you’re coming so we will have enough pizza! Register online today! https://KnoxvilleJewishAlliance.simpletix.com/e/49413 Support Your Community by Supporting Ha’Kol Send Passover Greetings to Your Family & Friends! Ad Order Deadline: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Your purchase of a 2020 Passover greeting supports your community’s Ha’Kol community newsletter, enabling us to share news and events of EIGHT area Jewish organizations swith almost 1,300 families within our East Tennessee community. Act today and wish your family and friends a warm, caring Passover message. Don’t want to publish a greeting? Please consider making a contribution of $18.00 or more to Ha’Kol to help cover production and mailing costs. Ad Size Maximum # of words Cost Small: 1 column x 1” 15-20 $40 Medium: 2 column x 1” 25-30 $50 Large: 2 column x 2” 35-40 $60 Jumbo: 2 column x 3” 40-45 $80 ORDER FORMS ARE ONLINE at www.jewishknoxville.org. You can also pick up a form at the AJCC, Heska Amuna, Knoxville Jewish Day School, or Temple Beth El Please Join Us for KJA Shabbat Weekend Friday, February 7, 7 p.m. Temple Beth El, 3037 Kingston Pike Saturday, February 8, 9:30 a.m. Heska Amuna Synagogue 3811 Kingston Pike 4 Knoxville Jewish Alliance Ha’Kol February 2020 AJCC Preschool Inclement Weather Policy The AJCC Preschool DOES NOT follow Knox County schools for weather related school closures. The AJCC Preschool will make an independent decision case by case for weather-related events. For Weather Related Closings, refer to www.wbir.com or www.wate.com. The AJCC Schwarzbart Gallery presents The Art of Aharon Bezalel January 19 — March 29 Cleaning Closets 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. & Garages? Monday — Friday Please donate your gently-used children’s toys, Arnstein Jewish Community Center games, and clothing (all sizes welcome, frominfant to young adult sizes) to the AJCC Preschool. Items are sold at a consignment event This exhibit is made possible because of your with proceeds benefitting the contributions to the Knoxville Jewish Alliance AJCC Preschool. Annual Campaign. Collection bins are located Thank you! in the AJCC Gymnasium. Thank you! Knoxville Jewish Alliance Ha’Kol February 2020 5 It’s Time to Register Children & Teens for 2020 MCDC Summer of Fun! 6 Knoxville Jewish Alliance Ha’Kol February 2020 Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2020 Published 11 times per year by the Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc. 6800 Deane Hill Drive Knoxville, TN 37919-5943 KJA Officers Chip Rayman President & Interim VP Campaign Support YOUR Knoxville Debbie Abrams-Cohen Secretary Bernard Bendriem Treasurer Jewish Community Adam Brown Immediate Past President become an AJCC member Wes Johnson VP Administration make a donation to the Martha Iroff VP Children & Youth Knoxville Jewish Alliance Shannon Martindale VP Education/Culture volunteer to help with Bryan Goldberg VP Jewish Community Services & President- a project or an event Elect www.jewishknoxville.org Sarah Frankel VP Public Relations Committee board members Jill Weinstein............................…Allocations KJA Contributions Bernard Bendriem............…….......…Budget As of January 14, 2020 Stephanie Kodish……..Long-Range Planning Melissa Feinbaum..........................Personnel Arnstein Jewish Community Center Stephanie Kodish & Robert Blitt Raphe Panitz.............................Cultural Arts In memory of Mark Hahn In memory of Mark Hahn Renee’ Hyatt…..................Israel Partnership Judith Brown Leslie & Peter Rosen Nancy Becker….........Jewish Family Services Greg Kaplan/Helene Sinnreich...Hillel at UTK AJCC Preschool Fund PJ Library Arnold Cohen….….......Community Relations In honor of the birth of Ava Iroff-Bailey Mark & Peggy Littmann Lee Werthiem…......…......…….......Missions Michael Messing & Joyce York Giving Tuesday Campaign Jean Begue….................….........Publications Bill Brody Fund Ralph Lydic & Helen Bagdayan; Jonathan Branton….............................Camp In memory of Frank Wilson Mark Harris, Alexandra & Bryan Lev Comstock….........................Membership Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hillard Cohen; Alan Solomon & Andrea Mary Ann Merrell/Michael Burnett..Archives Jewish Family Services Fund Cartwritght; Sherri Quint; Gloria Greenfield & Stuart Brotman; Community Board Members Richard & Jacki Imbrey Jeff Becker......................Chair, Heska Amuna Jon Shefner & Karen Holst Knoxville Jewish Alliance Steve Lewis….......President, Temple Beth El Jonathan Branton; Andrea Cone..................President, Hadassah UT Community Chest; Stephen Rosen……...............President, KJCFF Gloria Z. Greenfield,...............President, KJDS Rhonda Bogard.....................President, JCOR Donations to KJA funds can be made to celebrate lifecycle events, Mary Beth Leibowitz……….……JFNA Board remember or honor someone, or to support programs of interest. Michael Zemel.........................Chair,